[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Thornton Cleveleys U.D.C.

  • Thornton (Lancashire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Thornton Cleveleys U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT. By the Lancashire (Central and Western Areas) Review Order, 1934, a part of the Township of Carleton containing 354 acres was, on the 1st April, 1934, added to the Urban District. The district is bounded on the west by the Irish Sea, on the east by the River Wyre, on the north by the Borough of Fleetwood, and on the south by the Urban District of Poulton-le-Fylde and County Borough of Blackpool, and is flat in character, the only rising ground being in the North Ward (Bourne Hill) and the East Ward adjoining the river. Consequent upon the addition of a part of Carleton to the district the Ward boundaries were altered as from the 1st April, 1934. The water courses of the district flow eastward into the Wyre. GEOLOGY. The general sub-soil of the district is clay, which is overlaid with a thick layer of alluvial deposit (blue silt) varying in thickness from four feet to eight feet. On the top of this is a thin layer (about four inches) of peaty matter. Peaty matter of considerable thickness was found in one portion of the North Ward, Butts Road, and also in Fleetwood Road in South Ward. On the top of this again is a layer, varying from two and a half feet to four feet in thickness, of sandy soil or a mixture of soil and clay. The surface covering is about six inches in thickness. From above downwards we get (1) surface covering, (2) mixture of soil and clay or sandy soil, (3) peat, (4) blue silt, (5) boulder clay. The nature of the above strata indicates that at some period the River Wyre overflowed a large portion of the district leaving the alluvial deposit. CLIMATE. The prevailing wind is a westerly sea breeze. An abundance of summer sunshine, together with usually mild winters, produce a temperate and very bracing climate. AREA AND DENSITY OF POPULATION. As previously mentioned the area of Thornton Cleveleys was on the 1st April, 1934, increased by the inclusion of a part of the Parish of Carleton, the total area now being given as 3,355 acres. The average number of persons per acre is 4.69.